Liquid-holding vessel



(No Model.)

S. R. MACE. LIQUID HOLDING VESSEL.

Patented May 13, 1890.

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NORRIS PETERS no, FHOT0 LIT UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEWART n. MAcE, or MOULTON, rowA' LIQUID-HOLDING VESSEL. u

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,013, dated May 13, 1890.

Application filed August 2, 1889- Serial No. 319,498. (No model.)

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEWART R. MACE, of Moulton, in the county of Appanoose and State of Iowa, have in vented a new and useful Improvement in Liquid-Holding Vessels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in liquid-holding vessels, the primary object of the same being to provide a neat compact portable vessel or receptacle for oil or other liquids, which will permit its contents to be readily and safely decanted into a lamp or other vessel having a contracted opening, the pouring operation being conducted without requiring the operator to lift the holding-ves- $61 or afford it any support.

A further object is to furnish a portable can or vessel in which oil or other liquids may be placed and sealed securely for transportation, and after reaching its point of destination be used as a storage-can from which to fill lamps or other vessels with convenience, safety, and dispatch.

Vith these objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the device. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a transverse elevation in section, taken on the line w a: of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a portion of the holding-vessel and its discharge-spout.

The holding-chamber A is made cylindrical in form, of sheet metal, having parallel heads A. A supporting-stand for the chamber or vessel A is provided. This consists of two vertical standards a, which are bent at right angles from a single piece of metal, thus affording a spacing-bar a of such proportionate length that the standards will have clearance when the chamber is supported be-.

afford a reliable base for the vessel A. At opposite points the heads A are cupped inwardly, these indentations a being of sufficient depth and diameter to admit without contact the heads of the journaled studs a, which latter are inserted through orifices made in the bearing-plates a, that are attached to the outer surfaces of the heads A, so as to retain the studs within the cupped recesses before mentioned. The outer ends a of the journaled studs a are secured to the upper ends of the standards a, as shown in Fig. 3, thus adapting the latter to afford support to the vessel A and permit it to rock thereon.

The points of pivotal support of the vessel A should be above its axial center, so as to produce a preponderance of weight below the journals a. A projection 0, formed upon the cylindrical surface of the vessel A, impinges against the bar a and retains the vessel, with its handles E, in proper position aligned with the standards a when the device is stationed on a shelf for use.

Preferably the handle E is made of sheet metal rolled tubular, having its ends bent in the same direction about at right angles to the handle proper, said ends being secured upon the heads A, thus providing a cheap and neat handle.

In order to economize space in packing the device in numbers together for shipping, itis desirable that the handle E should be located as near as possible to the body of the vessel, and yet allow sufficient space to introduce the fingers in grasping the handle. To this end the cylindrical wall of the vessel A is flattened or indented below the handle, as at g, Fig. 4. The filler-nozzle F is made to project from the cylindrical wall of the vessel A on one side of the handle, it being a short thimble secured in a round hole made to receive it in the said wall. 011 the opposite side of the handle the discharge-spout .l) is secured. This spout,which projects beyond the end of the can in the direction of its axis, is coniform, having its enlarged inner end slightly flattened, rendering that portion oval in cross-section. There is an orifice 0 formed in the wall of the vessel A below the inner lower portion of the spout D, the diameter of said orifice being considerably less than the escape-orifice b of the spout. Consequently the flow of liquid from the latter-named hole will not fill the spout completely, an air-space above the escaping stream being afforded, the location of the orifice 0 being adapted to drain the vessel A when the same is in the position shown in Fig. 4. Intersectiug the rear portion of the cavity formed in the spent 1), above the wall of the vessel, a transverse air-passage e is produced by the attaclnnent of an arched piece of sheet metal, which air-passage is in open communication with the vessel A near the fillernozzle F, the wall of the vessel being perforated near the upper end of the air-passage at 6, so thatthere is a continuous air-duct formed, which may be closed by the insertion of a stopper or cork in the discharge-spout l") at b. This cork, when removed, opens the discharge-spout and vent at the same time.

In operation the vessel A, in which oil is contained, is rocked upon its journaled supports so as to lower the discharge-spout I), which will permit the liquid to How gently from the orifice 1) into an opening in a lamp or any other vessel, owing to the relative proportion in size of the orifice o to the dischargeapertnre b and the provision of the air-passage from the upper rear end of the spout l) into the vessel A, as before explained.

\Vhen the vessel is used for the storage and decanting of thick liquid sueh as heavy oilthe spout may be made short, and should be proportionately largerin diameter, as well as the orifice 0, while for free-flowing oil or other liquid the spout maybe increased in length and the orifices o I) diminished in diameter, so as to give assured control of the volume of liquid discharged from the lastnamed orifice.

From the manner of constructing the vessel A and pivoting it on the standards (I, the weight of contained liquid will always retain the vessel with its discharge-spout above the surface-line of the fluid in said vessel when the latter is stationed on a shelf or table for use as a supply-vessel. It is evident that by locating the device upon a shelf, bench, or counter the contents maybe decanted readily without moving the vessel, providing the spout I) is projected beyond the edge of the supporting shelf or table, so as to allow the receiving-ehamber-such as a lamp-bowl-to be located below the spent and in line with it.

As a paekingean the liquid-holding vessel herein described is of advantageous form, but little waste space being caused in the stowage of a number of the filled vessels in a box or crate.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a supportingframe, of a horizontal cylindrical can journaled at its ends above the center on said frame, and provided with a peripheral opening 0 in its top and a spout projecting from said opening beyond the end of the can in the direction of its axis, the discharge end of the spout being of greaterdiameter than the said opening, substantial] y as set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame, of the cylindrical horizontal can journaled above its center at its ends on said frame and provided with peripheral openings e o in its topone in front of the otherdischarge-spout I), projecting from the forward opening 0 beyond the end of the can in the direction of its axis and having its outletend of greater diameter than the opening 0, and the air-passage 6, connecting the opening c with the rear side of the inner end of the diseharge-spout, snbstantially as set forth.

3. The combinatiiim, with a tiltingliquidreceiving vessel, of a discharge-spout projectingbcyond one end of the vessel at its top in the direction of its axis, substantially as set forth.

STEWART R. MACE.

Witnesses:

J'. H. Ron, G. A. SINGL'EY. 

